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title: Manage OpenSearch Clusters
description: Schedule updates, tag, relocate, fork, restore, reconfigure, and destroy clusters.
product: Databases
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/manage-cluster/
last_updated: "2026-07-31"
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# Manage OpenSearch Clusters

Generated on 1 Aug 2026

OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics suite which serves as a centralized location to manage logs forwarded from other resources, such as databases and Droplets.

[How to Schedule Automatic Software Updates for OpenSearch Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/schedule-updates/index.html.md): Customize the maintenance window for automatic software updates to your database cluster.

[How to Tag OpenSearch Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/tag/index.html.md): Organize OpenSearch databases clusters with tags to group and filter databases or create monitoring alert policies for multiple databases at once.

[How to Relocate Database Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/relocate/index.html.md): Change a cluster’s regional datacenter.

[How to Fork an OpenSearch Database Cluster](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/fork-clusters/index.html.md): Fork an OpenSearch database cluster to create a new cluster from a point in time or the latest transaction.

[How to Manually Restore OpenSearch Database Clusters from Backups](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/restore-from-backups/index.html.md): Recover from accidental data loss by manually restoring an OpenSearch database cluster from backups.

[How to Reconfigure OpenSearch Database Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/reconfigure/index.html.md): Edit your database engine’s configuration and parameters via the API.

[How to Destroy OpenSearch Clusters](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/opensearch/how-to/destroy/index.html.md): Destroy a database cluster to permanently and irreversibly destroy the cluster, its contents, and its automated backups.